Spring chicks are in!

Our first batch of chicks have arrived!  Actually our first two batches... 150 chicks then 160 arrived 2-weeks later.  We're hoping to double our production this year.   The chicks below are about 4 days old and are mostly meat chicks, although there are a few egg layers in there too.



Here's a close up of the cuties...




The black one that you see above is a hen.  We're adding about 25 hens this year for ourselves, plus we're raising about 16 for two friends in St. Louis that have decided they want to raise hens for eggs also.  Once the chicks are about a month old, we'll transport them up to their new home.